1. Basin Commision Meeting November 20, 2013 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho EPA and DEQ Team Represented by Bill Adams

2. Summary of 2013 Work Property remediation – 130 Properties
Paved roads in Box and Basin - 8 Miles
Remedy protection & unpaved roads
Repositories
Lower Burke Canyon – 60% design complete
Ninemile WCA – ready for Interstate Waste in 2014
CTP and CIA design work at 30%
Lower Basin pilot projects – Selected two projects working on design of one.
Basin Environmental Monitoring Plan (BEMP)

3. Property Remediation 130 properties completed
PHD Lead Health Intervention Program outreach
Over 360 children participated in testing this year (92 in Basin and 276
A total of 15 of those children had blood-lead levels above 5 µg/dl.

4. Commercial Property Remediation by the Trust
Property Remediation - 2 Parcels
Shoshone county yard – Osburn (approx. 490,00 sq ft) – Out to Bid will start soon
US Silver parking lot – Silverton (approx. 130,00 sq ft)
Work being conducted by Ferguson Construction

5. Paved Roads Program
Smelterville
Pinehurst
Mullan

6. Ninemile Cemetery Unpaved Road Project

7. 2013 REMEDY PROTECTION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Grouse Creek in Smelterville
Sierra Nevada in Wardner completed
Little Pine Creek in Pinehurst 2014
Third Street Area in Mullan
Dewey Street Area in Mullan
Unnamed Creek in Silverton
Shields Gulch in Osburn 2014 (some work started in 2013) 

8. Remedy Protection Projects Completed!
Grouse Creek
Sierra Nevada Wardner

9. 3rd St. in Mullan Remedy Protection Project

10. Repositories Lower Burke Canyon Design WCA under construction
Big Creek and EMF in operation

11. Lower Burke Canyon Repository

12. LBCR Schedule Open House to present the 30% design – June 4th Wallace
Few comments on design – response distributed on July 25th
Evaluating several alternatives based on comments and waste volume needs
60% Basis of Design – August 2013
90% Basis of Design – November 2013
Ongoing groundwater monitoring – throughout 2013
Construction planned for 2014

13. LBCR Conceptual View from Woodland Park

14. Other Repository Alternatives
Expand LBCR to the West
Expand LBCR to the East toward creek and south
Evaluate removal and replacement of SVNRT with increased capacity
Evaluate potential expansion near Big Creek Repository – Site characterization started in Nov 2013.

15. Potential Big Creek Expansion

16. East Fork of Ninemile
Most impacted tributary in the Upper Basin- 64 times Water Quality Standards, up to 480 lbs per day of Zinc below Success and High particulate lead to South Fork 
In RODA capping for many sites and was changed to Excavation/local WCA
Why Interstate First
High in Watershed – Top Down Approach
Waste totally fills stream valley
Particulate loader
Close to WCA
Good opportunity for restoration

17. EFNM Waste Consolidation Area
Design for 1.3M cy of mine waste for all of Ninemile Basin
Potential expansion for 2.0M cy
Phased development
Initial development in 2013 allows for placement of mine waste from I-C Rock Dumps in 2014
WCA development has provided soil, woody material, and rock for construction of WCA, infrastructure, and reconstruction/restoration of remedial sites

18. WCA

19. BEMP Update
EPA is planning to conduct an optimization of GW monitoring on OU2 and all other BEMP data
FWS collecting pre-RA data in EFNM and Canyon Creek
Ongoing evaluation of all data for lessons learned, trends, opportunities to streamline data collection

20. Lower Basin Pilot Projects
Pilot Projects Selected and moving forward!
With lots of help from locals – 46 ideas received from 24 individuals/entities
Focusing on 2 projects at this time
A combined Riverbank and Beach Remediation Kahnderosa Campground
Water Level Management Using Hydraulic Controls at location TBD

21. Riverbank & Beach Remediation at Kahnderosa Campground
Objectives:
Reduce potential exposure to people from contaminated material in banks and beaches
Isolate contaminated material beneath clean and stable soil
Support recreational use & ecological habitat
Measure recontamination
Measure and document stability

22. Water Level Management
Objectives
Use clean tributary flows to maintain higher water levels
Deter Waterfowl Use During Migration Season
Reduce contamination deposition during high flows
Monitor Waterfowl Usage and Feeding Patterns, Water Levels, Sediment Deposition Rates and Related Factors

23. Pilot Projects – Next Steps
EPA working with landowners and eco resource folks will select and commence planning for the pilot projects
Construction for both is planned for 2014
Will Post Update to the EPA Website on These Projects

24. Lower Basin Sampling
Focused Data Gathering to Better Define the Sub-bottom
Focused Coring in the Floodplain to Update Depositional Rates/Concentrations

25. CTP Upgrades and CIA Groundwater Collection

26. Design Concept Optimization and Modeling
Reduce contaminant loading to surface water
Minimize infiltration of surface water into the GCS
Minimize overall groundwater collection flow rates
Minimize O&M requirements (system maintenance and fouling)
Maximize hydraulic isolation of the CIA and extent of hydraulic capture
Maximize system flexibility

27. Extraction Well/Cutoff Wall
8,800-foot-long cutoff wall
Series of 10 extraction wells
Flow rate is more prescribed by wells at ~2,000 gpm
Flow from SFCDR and lower confining layer isolated from wells by cutoff wall

28. Remedy Effectiveness
No-action dissolved zinc loading to SFCDR estimated to be ~540 lb/day
Zinc loading under eastern OU 2 ~ 450 lb/day
Zinc loading moving through groundwater system toward Smelterville Flats ~ 90 lb/day
Estimated effectiveness 65-90% reduction
Range depends on concentration entering SFCDR after installation of slurry wall.

30. Budget Update
Current Special Account Balance ~ $52 million w/out Hecla’s last payments
Trust Balance ~ $504M (end of 3rd quarter) up $22M in last quarter.
HQ funding this year $2M

31. Planned Trust Budget for 2014
Approximate Trust Budget - ~ $21 million
Remedy Protection in Box and Basin
WCA and Interstate construction
Pre-design data collection - Ninemile
Property Remediation construction
Roads construction ($3.5M in Basin)
Lower Basin Pilots construction
Repository Operations
LBCR construction

32. Planned Special Account Project Work for 2014 – Budget TBD
Ongoing Property Remediation
Remedy Protection in Box
Paved Roads Program in Box ($3.5M)
Lower Basin data collection/modeling
Oversight , Admin, and Supporting Activities
BEMP
CTP and CIA design completion

33. Summary of Hecla Settlement Funds (from 8/12 presentation)
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
Total
EPA
45,474,000
34,145,000
26,600,000
7,700,000
113,962,000
Registry
66M
NRRT
55,322,000
11,382,000
8,882,000
2,566,000
78,151,000
Idaho Tribe
5,138,000
176,790,000
45,527,000
35,527,000
10,263,000
268,107,000
Total does not include certain Superfund Interest payments - .69% to .74%. Numbers are rounded.
This slide provides a summary of the funds from the settlement with Hecla. The registry account is being held to preserve funding for the long-term operation of the Central Water Treatment Plan. Funding identified as “Idaho” is for use by the Natural Resource Trustees for restoration activities. The Natural Resource Trustees consist of representatives of BLM, the Forest Service, USFWS, CDA Tribe, and the State of Idaho.

34. Status of Hecla Funds Amount of Settlement ~ $180M
Amount received to date ~$138M ($66M + $72M)
Amount in Court Registry ~$66M
Amount in Special Account $52M
Due in 2014 balance up to $42M Work completed to date from SA (includes other settlment funds)
Property Remediation
Technical Support and RD
Support Agency Agreements
Paved Roads in Box

35. Special Account Funding Challenges
Total Funds Available = $52M + $42M
Key project commitments in Box that can’t be funded by Trust = $67M
Completion of CTP and GW Collection over 3 years -$36M (placed on contract in Jan 2015)
Remedy Protection - $4M
Roads - $27M over 6 years
Balance of $27M for other site needs

36. Misc Updates Community Fill Plan
Implementation Plan Update – advertized via , Basin Bulletin, facebook, placed in library – 30 day informal review

37. Thank You